The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Herbert Singerman|CAN|1968 Summer}} | TF / 5:02 | {{flagIOCathlete|Rogelio Famatid|PHI|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hasan Sevinç|TUR|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Simeon Šutev|YUG|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jang Gyeong-mu|KOR|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Ivan Shavov|BUL|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Marco Terán|ECU|1968 Summer}} | TF / 2:47 | {{flagIOCathlete|Yojiro Uetake|JPN|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Zbigniew Żedzicki|POL|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Horst Mayer|GDR|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Pekka Alanen|FIN|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Nicolae Cristea|ROU|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Moises López|MEX|1968 Summer}} | DQ | {{flagIOCathlete|Ali Aliyev|URS|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmad Djan|AFG|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Bazaryn Sükhbaatar|MGL|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
0.5 | 0.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Aboutaleb Talebi|IRI|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Javier Raxon|GUA|1968 Summer}} | 3.5 | 3.5 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Muhammad Sardar|PAK|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Donald Behm|USA|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bishambar Singh|IND|1968 Summer}} | Bye |
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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0.5 | 0.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bishambar Singh|IND|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Herbert Singerman|CAN|1968 Summer}} | 3.5 | 3.5 |
2 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hasan Sevinç|TUR|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Chang Kyung-Mu|KOR|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 6 |
7 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Simeon Šutev|YUG|1968 Summer}} | TF / 9:00 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ivan Shavov|BUL|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 1 |
8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Marco Terán|ECU|1968 Summer}} | TF / 2:10 | {{flagIOCathlete|Zbigniew Żedzicki|POL|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 1 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Yojiro Uetake|JPN|1968 Summer}} | TF / 1:43 | {{flagIOCathlete|Horst Mayer|GDR|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 7 |
4.5 | 3.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Pekka Alanen|FIN|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Moises López|MEX|1968 Summer}} | 0.5 | 4.5 |
6 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Nicolae Cristea|ROU|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Ali Aliyev|URS|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
6 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmad Djan|AFG|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Aboutaleb Talebi|IRI|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 1.5 |
4 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bazaryn Sükhbaatar|MGL|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Sardar Mohammad|PAK|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 4 |
7.5 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Javier Raxon|GUA|1968 Summer}} | TF / 6:20 | {{flagIOCathlete|Donald Behm|USA|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 1 |
4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Rogelio Famatid|PHI|1968 Summer}} | DNA |
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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1.5 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bishambar Singh|IND|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Hasan Sevinç|TUR|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 5 |
7.5 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Herbert Singerman|CAN|1968 Summer}} | TF / 1:08 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ivan Shavov|BUL|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 1 |
1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Yojiro Uetake|JPN|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Zbigniew Żedzicki|POL|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 4 |
8 | 3.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Pekka Alanen|FIN|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Ali Aliyev|URS|1968 Summer}} | 0.5 | 1.5 |
8.5 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Moises López|MEX|1968 Summer}} | TF / 9:52 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bazaryn Sükhbaatar|MGL|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 4 |
2.5 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Aboutaleb Talebi|IRI|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Sardar Mohammad|PAK|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 7 |
1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Donald Behm|USA|1968 Summer}} | Bye |
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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1.5 | 0.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Donald Behm|USA|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Bishambar Singh|IND|1968 Summer}} | 3.5 | 5 |
7.5 | 2.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hasan Sevinç|TUR|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Ivan Shavov|BUL|1968 Summer}} | 2.5 | 3.5 |
3 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Yojiro Uetake|JPN|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Ali Aliyev|URS|1968 Summer}} | 2 | 3.5 |
5 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Zbigniew Żedzicki|POL|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Bazaryn Sükhbaatar|MGL|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 7 |
2.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Aboutaleb Talebi|IRI|1968 Summer}} | Bye |
1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WRE/mens-bantamweight-freestyle.html |title=Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Freestyle |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=3 April 2019}}